Patch panel providing 64-pin connectors

Abstract

A connection panel comprising a frame member and a plurality of first terminals provided on the frame member. The first terminals are arranged in a horizontal row on the frame member, are identical and are each a sixty-four position standard type of terminal. The connection panel also comprises a plurality of second terminals provided on the frame member. The second terminals are arranged in a horizontal row on the frame member and have a position layout that is the same as a position layout of the standard type of terminal. Each of the second terminals is a sixty-four position standard type of terminal. The connection panel further comprises connections disposed within the frame member providing electrical connections between the first terminals and the second terminals.

1. A connection panel, comprising:
 a frame member;  
 a plurality of first terminals provided on said frame member and arranged in a horizontal row on said frame member, said first terminals all being identical and each said first terminal being a sixty-four position standard type of terminal;  
 a plurality of second terminals provided on said frame member and arranged in a horizontal row on said frame member, said second terminals all having a position layout that is the same as a position layout of said sixty-four position standard type of terminal and adapted to be connected to a cable, wherein the cable includes two main plugs for connection to a pair of said second terminals and a plurality of secondary plugs adapted to be received by a switching device; and  
 connections disposed within said frame member providing electrical connections between said first terminals and said second terminal.  
 
   
   
     2. The connection panel of  claim 1 , wherein each of said first and second terminals is a sixty-four-position female terminal with thirty-two positions in each of two adjacent vertical columns. 
   
   
     3. The connection panel of  claim 1 , wherein the pair of said first terminals are separated from each other by a horizontal distance that is at least as large as five times the width of said standard type of terminal. 
   
   
     4. The connection panel of  claim 1 , wherein the pair of said second terminals are separated from each other by a horizontal distance that is at least as large as the width of said standard type of terminal. 
   
   
     5. The connection panel of  claim 1 , wherein said frame member is arranged for rack-mounting and has a height of approximately 5.25 inches and a width of approximately 23 inches. 
   
   
     6. The connection panel of  claim 1 , wherein said plurality of first terminals is equal in number to said plurality of second terminals. 
   
   
     7. The connection panel of  claim 6 , wherein said plurality of first terminals consists of six terminals arranged in one horizontal row and said plurality of second terminals consists of six terminals arranged in one horizontal row. 
   
   
     8. The connection panel of  claim 1 , wherein all of said first terminals are provided on a first side of said frame member and all of said second terminals are provided on a second side of said frame member. 
   
   
     9. The connection panel of  claim 8 , wherein said first side of said frame member is an opposite side from said second side of said frame member. 
   
   
     10. A connection panel, comprising:
 a frame member;  
 fourteen sixty-four-position telephone company standard terminals provided on a first side of said frame member in a horizontal row;  
 fourteen sixty-four-position telephone company standard terminals provided in a horizontal row on a second side of said frame member; and  
 connections disposed within said frame member providing electrical connections between said first side terminals and said second side terminals.  
 
   
   
     11. The connection panel of  claim 10 , wherein a pair of said first terminals are separated from each other by a horizontal distance that is at least as large as five times the width of said standard type of terminal. 
   
   
     12. The connection panel of  claim 10 , wherein a pair of said second terminals are separated from each other by a horizontal distance that is at least as large as the width of said standard type of terminal. 
   
   
     13. The connection panel of  claim 10 , wherein all of said twenty-eight terminals are identical. 
   
   
     14. The connection panel of  claim 10 , wherein all of said twenty-eight terminals are female terminals. 
   
   
     15. The connection panel of  claim 10 , wherein said twenty-eight terminals are the only terminals provided on said connection panel. 
   
   
     16. The connection panel of  claim 10 , wherein said first side of said frame member is an opposite side from said second side of said frame member. 
   
   
     17. The connection panel of  claim 10 , wherein said frame member is arranged for rack-mounting and has a height of approximately 5.25 inches and a width of approximately 23 inches. 
   
   
     18. A connection panel, comprising:
 a housing having a front side and a rear side different from said front side;  
 a plurality of first terminals provided on said front side of said housing, said first terminals all being identical and each said first terminal being a sixty-four position standard type of terminal;  
 a plurality of second terminals provided on said rear side of said housing, said second terminals all having a position layout that is the same as a position layout of said sixty-four position standard type of terminal and adapted to be connected to a cable, wherein the cable includes two main plugs for connection to a pair of said second terminals and a plurality of secondary plugs adapted to be received by a switching device; and  
 connections disposed within said housing providing electrical connections between said first terminals and said second terminals.  
 
   
   
     19. The connection panel of  claim 18 , wherein said front side of said housing is an opposite side from said rear side of said housing. 
   
   
     20. The connection panel of  claim 18 , wherein said housing is arranged for rack-mounting and has a height of approximately 5.25 inches and a width of approximately 23 inches. 
   
   
     21. A connection panel, comprising:
 a frame member;  
 a plurality of first terminals provided on said frame member and arranged in a horizontal row on said frame member, said first terminals all being identical and each said first terminal being a sixty-four position standard type of terminal, wherein a pair of said first terminals are separated from each other by a horizontal distance that is at least as large as five times the width of said standard type of terminal;  
 a plurality of second terminals provided on said frame member and arranged in a horizontal row on said frame member, said second terminals all having a position layout that is the same as a position layout of said sixty-four position standard type of terminal; and  
 connections disposed within said frame member providing electrical connections between said first terminals and said second terminals.  
 
   
   
     22. A connection panel, comprising:
 a frame member;  
 a plurality of first terminals provided on said frame member and arranged in a horizontal row on said frame member, said first terminals all being identical and each said first terminal being a sixty-four position standard type of terminal;  
 a plurality of second terminals provided on said frame member and arranged in a horizontal row on said frame member, said second terminals all having position layout that is the same as a position layout of said sixty-four position standard type of terminal, wherein said plurality of second terminals is equal in number to said plurality of first terminals; and  
 connections disposed within said frame member providing electrical connections between said first terminals and said second terminals.  
 
   
   
     23. The connection panel of  claim 22 , wherein said plurality of first terminals consists of six terminals arranged in one horizontal row and said plurality of second terminals consists of six terminals arranged in one horizontal row.